This highly sensitive situation has come to light thanks to an investigation by Haaretz, Le Monde and Der Spiegel.
Hanana Hackers serves intelligence agencies, political parties and private companies seeking to manipulate public opinion with an army of fake social media accounts, bots and sponsored media articles.
Team Jorge has reportedly hacked into accounts of his clients’ political rivals on Telegram messenger and Gmail. The attackers thus collected data about the victims.
Interestingly, the group was also seen collaborating with the British company Cambridge Analytica, which supported the presidential campaign of former US President Donald Trump in 2016.
Source: Ferra
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